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DREAMIN’ WILD MOVIE REVIEW
Back in 1979, Don Senior (Beau Bridges) built a state of the art $100,000 recording studio for his two teenage sons Donnie (Noah Jupe) and Joe Emerson (Jack Dylan Grazer). The two brothers self recorded and self produced their first album “Dreamin’ Wild”. Don Sr. and Joe see the heart and soul of their unique sound beats in the heart of young Donnie and he’s ready to take on the fame and claim his fortune with a pick and six strings. Alas, the biggest of stages can be a cruel and cold place. Director/writer Bill Pohlad tells the story of this young duo rediscovered over 30 years later by Matt Sullivan (Chris Messina) who has a passion for restoring old underappreciated records. Adult Donnie (Casey Affleck) and Joe Emerson (Walton Goggins) are asked to get the band back together and gather an audience with the unique electric soulful sound by touring the state and playing the big gigs and venues they’ve always dreamed of. Joe is happy to step away from his woodworking career and have fun reconnecting with his brother while Donnie, who never gave up singing gigs and looking for his moment, isn’t certain he wants to dive back into his old work. With fellow musician and wife Nancy (Zooey Deschanel) Donnie will have to navigate his old life without holding on to his old baggage if he’s to discover what made that first album so special. Bradly, Frank, and Melina would put a record on and discuss the film but alas, none of them have invested in vinyl. They do however dig deep into their artistic hearts and get vulnerable about music, film, and family.
DIRECTED BY: Bill Pohlad
STARRING: Casey Affleck, Noah Jupe, Zooey Deschanel, Walton Goggins, Jack Dylan Grazer, Beau Bridges, Chris Messina
YOUR REVIEWERS
Bradly Martin (Screener Squad, Eye on the Prize, Breakfast Pub)
Bradly Martin was born in the united states and grew up on a healthy diet of sports, films, and books. A rather shy lad who kept to himself, Bradly soon discovered the best way to know a person was to know what people liked. Throughout the years Bradly became a fan of many things and a fanatic of none. From Doctor Dre, to Doctor Strange and the who’s who of Whos. From Playstation to the Dreamcast and Marvel to DC. From LeBron James to James Bond and Lord of the Rings to Lord Palmerston (or Pitt the Elder if you agree with Wade Boggs) and is a huge fan of dad jokes and randomly obscure Simpsons references. Armed with a vast knowledge of comics, films, and pop culture. Bradly traveled the world making friends and sharing takes. As a young man Bradly married the love of his life young and grew older every year with each new child brought into the brood. If trends continue, Scientists predict that .2% of Canada (where Bradly and family reside) will be populated by Bradly’s children by the year 2029. You can hear him leading and listening to his favorite critics on the Screener Squad and Eye on the prize and maybe even provide some comments of his own.
Frank Calvillo (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)
Born and raised in South Texas, Frank currently lives in Austin and has been in love with movies ever since his father showed him some Three Stooges shorts when he was five years old. Today he loves all kinds of film, regardless of era, country, budget or genre. He believes every film has an audience and is at least one person’s favorite movie. After writing for Sight & Sound and Slackerwood, he now writes for Cinapse where his increasingly random taste in all flavors of cinema (from Rashomon to Mars Attacks!) continues to thrive. His ultimate goal is to write a script for his boyhood crush, Michelle Pfeiffer.
Melina Eames (Screener Squad)
Melina first discovered that she carried the nerd gene at the tender age of four following her exposure to a little film called A New Hope. In the twenty-some years that followed, Melina continued to grow into her geek identity through the discovery of Batman, Mst3k, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and The Mandalorian. But perhaps her most significant discovery came at the age of fourteen when a night of YouTube mining led her to the review site of Spill.com. Melina became a devoted follower whose fandom did not end with the site’s demise. By then, it had worked its dark magic and left her with a love and appreciation for film criticism that she has yet to shrug.
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